Railway-rail tie and rail-fastening.



l J. TIMMS. RAILWAY RAIL TIE AND RAL FASTBNING.

APPLICATION FILED 9911.14, 1909.

Patented Ju1y`13, 1909.

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J. TIMMS.

RAILWAY RAIL TIE AND RAIL PASTNING.

AIfPLIGATIoN FILED um` 14, 1909.

928,008. I Patented July 13, 1909.

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muammmunmmmmmnu UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

JAMES TIMMS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

RAILWAY-RAIL TIE AND RAIL-FASTENIN G.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES TIMMs, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing in Columbus, county of Franklin, and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Tiesand Rail-Fastenings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to a railway rail tie and rail fasteningconstructed with the object in view of providing for accurate adjustmentof railway rails upon the ties that support them to secure the properalinement of the rails and the-proper gage in a railway track,

My improvement is of especial merit in railway tracks at the curvesthereof, at which points the rails are commonly spaced more widelyapa-rt than in the straight courses of the track, but it can also beadvantageously used throughout the entire railway track.

Figure I is a top or plan view of one of my railway ties with the railfastening means shown applied to a rail at one end of the tie andomitted at the other end of` the tie. Fig. II is a side elevation of theparts seen in Fig. I. Fig. III is an enlarged vertical sec'- tion takenon line III--III, Fig. I through the railway tie and rail fasteningmeans. Fig. IV is an enlarged vertical cross section taken on line IVIV, Fig. II. Fig. V is a vertical section taken longitudinally throughmy railway tie and illustrating a modification of the rail fasteningmeans. Fig. VI is a vertical cross section taken on line VI-VI, Fig. V.Fig. VII is a perspective view of the rail clamping members of thefastening shown in Figs. V and VI.

In the accompanying drawings: 1 designates my railway tie which isconstructed of metal and is preferably of I-shape in cross section. Thistie is provided with rail bearers 2 separated from each other in the tieapproximately the distance from each other at which the rails A are tobe mounted upon it. Each rail bearer 2 contains a pocket 3 that is openat its upper end and is closed at its lower end by a bottom or floor 4,except for the presence of an opening 5 adapted to receive a member tobe hereinafter more particularly referred to. At the sides of thepockets 3 in the rail bearers are cavities 6, see Fig. I. Each pocket 3terminates at its Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 14, 1909.

Patented .nay 13, 1909.

serial No. 472,198.

inner end or end nearest the center of the tie at a transverse wall 7,see Fig. III, which is inclined downwardly and inwardly relative to thelongitudinal center of the tie and extends to the floor 4 at the bottomof the pocket 3. At the opposite or outer end of each pocket is an endwall 8 that is inclined downwardly and forwardly relative tothe end wall7 and extends to the opening 5 at the bottom of the pocket.

9 are brackets extending upwardly from the top of the tie at the outerends of the pockets 3. The faces of these brackets that are locatedabove the pockets are provided with key-ways or notches 10 and the brackets are reinforced by ribs 11.

12 designates rail supporting blocks of wedge shape that are centrallypositioned in the pockets 3 of the rail bearers 2, these blocks being ofgreater length at their upper ends than at their lower ends for apurpose that will hereinafter appear.

13 are side rail supporting blocks which occupy the side cavities 6 ofthe pockets 3 in the railway tie. The side blocks and the central railsupporting blocks 12 and 13 are of sound deadening material, preferablywood, and they project above the upper surface of the railway tie asseen most clearly in Fig. IV, in order that the rails placed thereuponmay be held out of contact with the ties. To obviate contact between therails and ties, the ties are preferably cut away or notched. at 1, seeFigs. II and IV, adjacent to the side rail supporting blocks 13.

14 and 15 designate rail clamping members. These rail clamping membersare provided at their upper ends with arms that project over the flangesof the railway rails, as seen most clearly in Fig. III, and they arearovided with legs 14 and 15 which eX* ten downwardly in the pockets 3of the rail bearers 2. The legs 14 and 15 are inclined at their innerfaces to correspond. to the taper of the central rail supporting block12, which is positioned between said legs in order that these parts maybe interlocked with each other, after they have been placed in thecavities 3. The outer face of the leg 14 of each clamping member 14which is located nearest the longitudinal center of the railway tie, isinclined. at 14 to correspond to the inclination of the pocket end wall7 that opposes said clamping member leg, after the leg has beenintroduced into the tie, while the outer face of the leg 15 of the outerrail clamping member 15 is a vertical one and opposes the inclined outerend wall 8 in each cavity 3.

1.6 designates locking wedges that are introduced into the cavities 3between the outer end walls 8 of said pockets and the vertical outerfaces ofthe clamping members 15. These locking wedges may descend intothe openings 5 at the bottom of the pockets and are provided withinclined faces that oppose the pocket end walls S and vertical facesthat oppose the legs of the clamping members 15 and each locking wedgeis provided with key-ways 17 which are complementary to the key-ways 1()in the brackets 9 on the ties and are adapted to, in conjunction withthe last named keyways, receive keys 18 by which the wedges are held inplace, after they are introduced into the pockets 3.

19 designates adjusting plates that are introduced into the pockets 3and adjacent to the legs of the rail clamping members 14 and 15 'for thepurpose of properly positioning said rail clamping members nearer to theinner pocket end walls 7 or the outer pocket end walls 8, according towhether the rails are to be positioned more or less closely to eachother. The adjusting plates 19 are thin plates and any desired number ofsaid plates may be introduced into the pockets 3 of the tie alongside ofeither the legs of the clamping members 14 or 15, according to whetherit is desired to adjust the rails held by said clamping members eitheroutward ly or inwardly relative to each other.

In Fig. III, I have shown four of the adjusting plates at the inner endof one of the pockets and a single adjusting plate at the opposite orouter end of the pocket. It is evident, however, that the number ofadjusting plates may be increased or decreased at the inner ends of thepockets or increased at the outer ends of the pockets, and also that, ifdesired to provide greater outward adjustment of the rails, theadjusting plates may be omitted at the outer ends of the pockets. It isalso obvious that the adjusting plates may be omitted at the inner endsof the pockets and used only at the outer ends of the pockets. Theadjusting plates are preferably indented or provided with protuberances20, so that they have interlocking engagement with each other when theyare assembled in the pockets, and the legs of the clamping members arepreferably provided with depressions to receive the projections upon theadjusting plates that are placed. next adjacent to said legs, in orderthat said. plates may be prevented from slipping after they have beenput in place against the clamping members. I preferably employ above therail supporting blocks 12 and 13 and beneath the bases of the railwayrails, metal plates 21 upon which the rails rest and which serve toprotect the supporting blocks from injury and wear.

In Figs. V to V II inclusive, I have shown a modii'ication in which oneof the clamping members 14tL is provided with a rail supporting block ormember 141 that is formed integral with said clamping member and isadapted to receive the railway rail that iits into said clamping memberabove the rail supporting member and is held thereto by the railclamping member 15"L which is constructed similarly to the rail clampingmember 15 previously described. The railway tie 1 a is in thismodification made similar to the tie previously described and providedwith the pockets 3a that receive the rail clamping and supportingmembers, the locking wedges 16a and the adjustingplates 19a.

I claim:

1. In a device ofthe character described, a railway tie provided with apocket, rail clamping means in said pocket, and a plurality of removableadjusting members in said pocket whereby said clamping means and therail held thereby may be adjusted longitudinally of said tie,substantially as set forth.

2. In a device ofthe character described, a railway tie provided with apocket, rail clamping means in said pocket, and a plurality of adjustingplates removably seated in said pocket whereby said rail clamping meansand the rail held thereby may bc adjusted longitudinally of said tie,substantially as set forth.

3. In a device ofthe character described, a railway tie provided with apocket, rail clamping means in said pocket, and a plurality of adjustingplates removably seated in said pocket whereby said rail clamping meansand the rail held thereby may be adjusted longitudinally of said tie;said adjusting plates being provided with means whereby they are held tosaid rail clamping means, substantially as set forth.

4. In a device ofthe character described, a railway tie provided with apocket, rail clamping means in said pocket, and a plurality of adjustingplates removably seated in said pocket whereby said rail clamping meansand the rail held thereby may be adj usted longitudinally of said tie;said adjusting plates being provided with means whereby they are heldassembled in series, substantially as set forth.

5. In a device of the character described, a railway tie provided with apocket, rail clamping means in said pocket, means in said pocket forconiining said rail clamping means therein, and adjusting platesremovably fitted in said pocket and by which said rail clamping meansmay be held in varied positions longitudinally of said tie,substantially as set forth.

6. In a device of the character described, a railway tie provided with apocket having at one end thereof a wall inclined longitudinally of thetie and extending downwardly from the top of the tie, rail clampingmembers in said pocket, one of which is downwardly inclined tocorrespond to the inclination of said pocket end wall, and meansremovably seated in said pocket between said inclined wall and thenearest rail clamping member, whereby said rail clamping members areconlined in said pocket, substantially as set forth.

7. In a device of the character described, a railway tie provided with apocket having a downwardly inclined wall at one end thereof, railclamping members in said pocket, one of which is downwardly inclined tocorrespond to the inclination of said pocket end wall, means removablyseated in said pocket whereby said rail clamping members are conined insaid pocket, and adjusting plates adapted to be interposed between saidpocket end wall and the opposing rail clamping member and between theother rail clamping member and the means by which the rail clampingmembers are confined in said pocket, substantially as set forth.

8. In a device of the character described, a railway tie provided with apocket, rail clamping members in said pocket, a central sound deadeningrail supporting block interposed between said rail clamping members, andside sound deadening rail supporting blocks in said pocket alongside ofsaid central block, substantially as set forth.

JAMES TIMMS.

In the presence of LILY Ros'r, H. G. OooK.

